| Chi'iu Muh |
| According to the sages, the dragons of the early Ages bore opalescent pearls in their foreheads. These pearls were the receptacles and conduits of vast celestial power. Long ago, in happier Ages, the Kuei-jin developed this Discipline to emulate and pay homage to the dragons. * Rasa The third eye, here, is in its most rudimentary stage of development. At this level, the vampire begins to experience visions of the Great Cycle, the spirit worlds and his possible future. The flashes can prove prophetic or even precognitive, enabling the vampire to predict impending events. ** Chi Sight At this level, the third eye's vision vastly enhances the vampire's normal powers of Ghostsight, Lifesight and Sharpened Senses. In essence, the entire invisible world of spirits and Chi opens to the vampire. *** Dragon Ward The vampire widens the third eye and channels her Chi into a powerful ward of protection. Persons seeking to approach the vampire must engage her in a grueling psychic dual. This power also works similarly when used by Hun- and P'o-dominated vampires. At this level, the eye appears as another as the same color and size as his original two. **** Purification This power, a legacy of nobler days, was used by the Wan Xian of old to cleanse their mortal subjects and domains of demonic taint. When a Hun-dominant Cathayan uses this power, the third eye bathes the target in a luminous radiance, thus allowing the vampire to work healing magick on the target. However, when the P'o is dominant, the third eye, instead, allows the injection of demonic energy into the target, with appropriately detrimental effects. ***** Spirit-Eating With this awesome power, the vampire may physically remove the soul from a victim's body. Hun-dominated vampires use this ability to work healing magick or set a tormanted soul right, while P'o-dominated vampires use the art to devour souls outright. The vampire must be within 10 feet of the victim and must stare into the victim's eyes with his third eye. The vampire, and anyome else using Chi sight, can actually see the ghostly soul flow from the victim's body and enter the vampire's eye. The eye is now larger and basically a great glowing orb in the middle of the user's forehead. ***** * Shield of the Soul One of the first things the Chi'iu Muh masters learned to do was protect their own souls from each other, and from other enemies. ***** ** Banking the Fire, Calming the Waves Although many Chi'iu Muh powers are feared and disliked, this one is not. With a touch, the Kuei-jin can bring one of his bretheren out from under the unbridled control of his souls, restoring his balance and negating frenzy. ***** *** Soul Taint The Third Eye provides few powers that are considered to be attacks, but this is one of them. By touching a victim and subtly tainting his soul, the Kuei-jin renders the victim displeasing and distasteful to everyone, even his family and close friends. Soon the victim is a pariah, ripe for plucking now that he lacks the protection of the group. ***** **** Soul Exchange This power allows a master of Chi'iu Muh to do the unthinkable--switch two peoples' souls. Typically this is done to torment a particularly evil (or good) person by combining one of the souls with one from someone of an opposite nature; in combat, it also serves as the ultimate form of disorientation. |